 | 1884 - 874 pages
...tartness. We prefer, however, to permit our attention to rest upon such noble passages as these:—" Dangerous it were for the feeble brain of man to wade...mention of His name; yet our soundest knowledge is to knowthat we know Him not as indeed He is, neither can know Him; and our safest eloquence concerning... | |
 | Frances Power Cobbe - 1855 - 228 pages
...about the nature of the Supreme, our hearts sink within us, and we feel that it is indeed " dangerous for the feeble brain of man to wade far into the doings...Him not as indeed He is, neither can know Him, and that our safest eloquence concerning him is our silence, whereby we confess, without confession, that... | |
 | William Adams - 1857 - 380 pages
...eternally decreed when and how they shall be, which eternal decree is that we term an eternal law." " Dangerous it were for the feeble brain of man to wade...soundest knowledge is to know that we know him not indeed as he is^ neither can know him ; and our safest eloquence concerning himi is our silence, when... | |
 | Frances Power Cobbe - 1859 - 322 pages
...about the nature of the Supreme, our hearts sink within us, and we feel that it is indeed " dangerous for the feeble brain of man to wade far into the doings...Him not as indeed He is, neither can know Him, and that our safest eloquence concerning him is our silence, whereby we confess, without confession, that... | |
 | 1859 - 534 pages
...most rare and perfect that man can conceive of; it declares, to use the language of Hooker, that " our soundest knowledge is to know that we know him not as indeed he is, neither can know him, and that our safest eloquence concerning him is our silence, whereby we confess without confession that... | |
 | John Frederick Denison Maurice - 1860 - 332 pages
...nerally supposed to be peculiarly hostile to the " doctrines and services of the Church of England. " ' Dangerous it were for the feeble brain of man to "...whom " ' although to know be life, and joy to make men" ' tion of his name, yet our soundest knowledge is " ' to know that we know him not as indeed he... | |
 | Edward Bouverie Pusey - 1860 - 422 pages
...to God in silence. This thought is expanded in that magnificent passage of Hooker, (EP 1. 2. 2.) " Dangerous it were for the feeble brain of man to wade far in to tho doings of the Most High ; Whom although to know be life, and joy to make mention of His Name;... | |
 | Goldwin Smith - 1861 - 172 pages
...believe in that which we cannot fix in any human conception, he cites the rhetorical passage of Hooker, " Dangerous it were for the feeble brain of man to wade...mention of His name ; yet our soundest knowledge is to linow that we know Him not as indeed He is, neither can know Him, and our safest eloquence concerning... | |
 | Robert M. Hovenden - 1862 - 166 pages
...tears, for clearer light : — ' Lord, I believe : help Thou my unbelief.' Whom although to know he life, and joy to make mention of His name ; yet our...is, neither can know Him, and our safest eloquence ahout Him is our silence. HOOKEH. Eecl : Pol : BI Ch. ii. § 3. High wisdom with. simplicity combined,... | |
 | George Perkins Marsh - 1862 - 600 pages
...braine of man to wade farre into the doings of the most High, whome although to knowe be life, and ioy to make mention of his name : yet our soundest knowledge is to know that we know him not as in deed he is, neither can know him : and our safest eloquence concerning him is our silence, when... | |
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Dangerous it were for the feeble brain of man to wade far into the doings of the Most High; whom although to know be life, and joy to make mention of His Name, yet our soundest knowledge is to know that we know Him, not indeed as He is, neither can know... 
